Vegetable slicer and french fried potato cutter



Nov. 7, 1939.

E. J. MONTAGUE VEGETABLE SLICER AND FRENCH FRIED POTATO CUTTER Filed May 2l, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 NOV. 7, 1939. E J, MONTAGUE l 2,179,050

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alargar VEGETBLE SLICER AND FRENCH-i FRERE) POTATO CUTTER 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a vegetable slicer and French fried potato cutter, and has for one of its objects the production of a simple and efflcient means for facilitating the feeding of vegetables; toward a cutting knife for the purpose of cutting the vegetables into variously formed slices.

A further object of this invention is the production of ya simple and eicient cutting knife supporting means for 'use upon a vegetable Slicer, whereby knives of various sizes and shapes may be substituted to vary the form of slices produced by feeding vegetables through the Slicer.

Other objects and advantages of the present V invention Will appear throughout the following specification and claim.

in the drawings:

Figure l is a top plan view of the slicer and cutter;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the same;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Figure 1;

Figure l is a view of the rear end of the Slicer and cutter;

Figure 5 is a front View of the slcer and cutter;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary top plan view of the Slicer and cutter showing the central portion thereof;

Figure '7 is a section taken on line 'If-'I of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a section taken on line 8 8 of Figure 6;

Figure 9 is a perspective view of the slicer knife blade;

Figure 10 is a fragmentary sectional perspective view of the French fried potato cutter blade;

Figure 11 is a fragmentary top plan view of a portion of the cutting table or base showing the cutting knife secured thereto;

Figure l2 is a sectional View taken on line IZ-IZ of Figure 11;

Figure 13 is a fragmentary perspective View of one end of the ller plate used in conjunction with the slicer knife blade.

By referring to the drawings, it will beseen that i5 designates the base or cutting table of the device which may be anchored upon a table or other support, as indicated by the numeral I6, through the medium of a clamp I1 carried by one end of the base l5. The base I5 is provided With rack plates I8, one rack plate being secured to each side edge;v as illustrated in Figure 1, the rack plates I8 having rack teeth Ig.'

on the upper faces thereof, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. The base I5 is provided With track rails (Cl. 14S- 168) '2t secured to the upper face thereof, Which track rails are providedvvith overhanging flanges 2i, as shown in Figure 4.

A feeder frame 2.2,is slidably mounted upon the base I5 and comprises a head plate 23 to l which head plate 23 are secured the side rails Eil, which side railst are provided With trackengaging flanges 25 upon the inner faces thereof, the fianges 25 litting under the overhanging anges 2i' of the track rails 2t'. The head plate 23 preferably carries a toothed vegetable engaging grid 26 upon the inner face thereof for engaging a vegetable such as a potato and the like, in the manner as shown in dotted lines in Figures 1 and 3. `'Ihe side rails Eil carry journal blocks 2l upon Which journalvblocks 2l is journaled an operating shaft 28. shaft 2S carries an operating crank handle 29 and a plurality of segmental gears 30, the segmental gears 30 being mounted near the respec- This operating4 tive ends of the shaft 28 and in relative interlocking engagement with the rack plates I8.

A slicing blade 3i is supported transversely of the base i5 preferably just below the shaft 28 having its cutting edge 32 facing the head plate 23. This slicing knife blade SI is provided With end lugs 33 which are apertur-ed at 3Q for fitting over the upstanding posts 35 carried by the base I5, the lugs 33 also having concave vertically extending sockets t formed upon their rear faces for fitting around the upstanding intermediate binding posts :il also carried by the base I 5. Vihen it is desired only to slice avegetable, the knife 3i is used and a filler strip 38 vfits Within a socket 39 formed in the upper face of the base I5 adjacent the knife SI, this filler strip 39 having upstanding lugs 41B, the lugs lil being located at each end and having apertures 4I for fitting over theanchoring posts 32. The lugs 40 are also provided'with concave notches t3 for partly fitting around the binding posts 3l', in a manner as shown in Figure 11. Thumb nuts M are threaded upon the upper ends of the binding posts 31, the nuts 3ft spanning the lugs lil and the knife 3l in the manner shown in Figure 11 for holding the lugs il@ and the knife 3l in a set position.

When it is desired to cut the sliced vegetables such as sliced potatoes, into strips such as are commonly used inmaking French fried potatoes, a cutter blade Ll5 is substituted for the filler strip 39. the cutter blade 45 having vertically extending cutting ribs it arranged in spaced relation longitudinally of theblade, the cutting strips tti extending transversely of the blade. The cutter blade 35 is provided With apertures il at the respective ends thereof for tting over the posts 42 and the ends are notched, as at 48, for partly fitting around the binding posts 31 whereby the cutter blade or knife and the slicer blade or knife 3l may be locked in unison in position, as shown in Figure 3, by means of the thumb nuts 44. The cutter blade 45 is provided with anges 45a at the ends thereof to facilitate the removal and the lifting of the cutter blade 45 from the posts 42. The blade 3| is also provided with lifting flanges 3|a at their respective ends similar to the flanges 45a.

It will be seen that the cutter blade or knife 45 is interchangeable with the ller plate or strip 3S permitting the operator to either slice a vegetable by using only the knife blade 3l or by cutting the vegetable into narrow strips such as are used for French fried or string potatoes, by placing the cutter `blade 45 in position in place of the filler strip 39.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that a very simple and efficient means has been provided for slicing a vegetable such as a potato and the like, in flat strips, or cutting the same into narrow strips for preparing either home fried potatoes or French fried potatoes, merely by a selected replacement of the cutter blades. As the vegetable is placed in the position shown in dotted lines in Figures 1 and 3, and the crank handle 29 is moved in the position indicated by the arrow in Figure 2, the feeder frame 22 will be moved longitudinally of the base l5 in the direction of the arrow indicated in Figure 3, forcing the vegetable against the cutting edge 32 of the knife 3|, and in this manner cutting the vegetable into the desired strips.

It should be understood that certain detail changes in the mechanical construction may be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention so long as such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what I claim 1s:

A vegetable slicer comprising a base, a feeder frame for feeding a vegetable longitudinally of the base, a cutting knife carried by the base in the path of movement of the feeder frame, a second cutter knife mounted on the base in abutting relation With respect to the rst mentioned knife, upstanding anchoring posts carried by said base, each knife having apertures through rwhich said posts extend, the second mentioned knife having vertically extending spaced cutting strips, a binding post engaging the abutting knives and overhanging thumb nuts carried by the binding posts and engaging the knives for holding `the knives against accidental displacement from the base.

EDGAR J. MONTAGUE. 

